As Snow & Ice Loss Continues In The Alps, Mont Blanc's Official Height Drops By One Meter
French experts say they have measured Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in western Europe, at almost a metre lower than its previous official height.
Geographical experts said that after an expedition in mid-September the mighty mountain in the heart of the French Alps was 4,807.81 metres (15,773.65ft) high, lower than their last published estimate of 4,808.72 metres (15,776.64ft ) in 2017.
“Now it’s up to climatologists, glaciologists and other scientists to look at all the data collected and put forward all the theories to explain this phenomenon,” they told a press conference in the town of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, at the foot of Mont Blanc, on Wednesday.
As alarm grows worldwide over melting glaciers, the official height of Mont Blanc has been on a downward slide for over a decade. The highest reading was 4,810.90 metres (15,783.79ft ) in 2007. The mountain has been losing an average of 13 centimetres in height annually since 2001, the geographical experts said.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/29/mont-blanc-shrinks-a-metre-since-last-official-measurement-in-2017
